“It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did. We made a pretty good noise actually!”: Lost Paul McCartney and Wings documentary is set for September release

It includes live recordings of Abbey Road performances of Live and Let Die, Band on the Run, My Love, and Jet.

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This September, a rare documentary about Paul McCartney will be released in theaters.

The original version of One Hand Clapping, which was recorded in August 1974 at Abbey Road, included McCartney and his band Wings singing their successes live in the studio along with a couple Beatles classics and several covers.

The project was shelved even though voiceover interviews with the band had been conducted and a TV sales brochure had been created. It was planned to be released shortly after.

For many years, both the album and the corresponding movie were neglected and were finally viewed for the first time in 2010 when Band On The Run was reissued. The movie was first recorded on videotape in the 1970s, but it has now been completely restored and digitized. Wingnut’s MAL program was used to de-mix the in-between-song conversation, and Steve Orchard and Giles Martin remastered the film’s Dolby Atmos audio. One Hand Clapping was initially intended to profit from the popularity of the Band On The Run record. At the time, McCartney was experiencing great success both critically and commercially. He had recently brought back Wings, bringing in drummer Geoff Britton and guitarist Jimmy McCulloch to join him, wife Linda, and Denny Laine. The group had just returned from recording the non-album single Junior’s Farm in Nashville. David Litchfield directed the documentary, which features live-in-studio performances of iconic Wings songs including Jet, My Love, Band On The Run, and Live And Let Die. McCartney also discusses how he writes and how, in his adolescent years, he considered becoming a cabaret performer. There are even some karate demonstrations from the new lad Britton, and the other members discuss their experiences working with the former Beatle. McCartney expressed his happiness about the era in a statement, saying, “It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did.” “Actually, we created a fairly loud noise! For the band, it was a wonderful period as we began to see success with Wings, which had been long overdue.